I'm only going to speak in animated gifs in this thread. ;)

MattN · 2011-07-24T23:00:40.000Z

jerri blank:

I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone, including but not limited to TomChick, whose GoT experience was fucked up by my posting an animated gif of Dany in the season finale.

I also apologize for making the comment that led to the posting of said .gif.

delirium · 2011-07-25T00:10:09.000Z

Nathan Phoenix:

Hey cool, it’s everything that’s wrong with internet culture in a single animated gif!

BlueJackalope · 2011-07-25T05:59:39.000Z

Nathan Phoenix:

Hey cool, it’s everything that’s wrong with internet culture in a single animated gif!

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-07-25T06:21:29.000Z

Balasarius · 2011-07-25T08:34:59.000Z

Jasper Phillips:

Epic.

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-07-25T08:37:57.000Z

Jag · 2011-07-25T10:49:15.000Z

Dog: “woof?”
Cat: “WHACK!”

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-07-25T11:04:50.000Z

Jeez, that cat’s a contender.

TimElhajj · 2011-07-25T11:13:30.000Z

Jag:

Dog: “woof?”
Cat: “WHACK!”

Dog: .oO(WTF.)

DoomMunky · 2011-07-25T14:27:19.000Z

Link is broken for me. Re-do it!

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-07-25T16:15:23.000Z

D’oh! Drop Box has given me a 3 day suspension, without any sort of warning either. :-/

I’ll see if I can dig them up again.

[Edit] There, fixed.

ckessel · 2011-07-25T16:54:47.000Z

jerri blank:

I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone, including but not limited to TomChick, whose GoT experience was fucked up by my posting an animated gif of Dany in the season finale.

Wasn’t the last episode like a month ago? At what point does a spoiler enter “Vader is Luke’s dad” territory?

tomchick · 2011-07-25T17:22:10.000Z

A month? Really? That’s enough time passed that you can post the final scene, showing what is arguably the greatest reveal in a ten-hour series? And you can do it in a general discussion like this? I mean, yeah, I know I’m more spoiler-averse than the average bear, but you think that’s acceptable after a month?

It’s a subjective thing, so I don’t have an answer to that. But I watched all ten episodes recently and seeing jerri’s gif put me at least eight hours ahead of the show as it was supposed to unfold. And considering how carefully I’d avoided discussions among my friends and here on the forum, that was pretty disappointing.

 -Tom

P.S. Here’s an otter gif:

Orangist · 2011-07-25T17:28:01.000Z

ckessel:

Wasn’t the last episode like a month ago? At what point does a spoiler enter “Vader is Luke’s dad” territory?

I don’t know the exact time, but I’m willing to bet that dropping “Luke, I am your father” into a conversation on June 21, 1980 would have been inconsiderate at best. Star Wars is pretty embedded in American culture now; Game of Thrones, not so much.

For example, I have not seen the series because I don’t have HBO. That GIF was a spoiler for me, I just don’t care to complain about it.

MattKeil · 2011-07-25T18:47:35.000Z

Orangist:

I don’t know the exact time, but I’m willing to bet that dropping “Luke, I am your father” into a conversation on June 21, 1980 would have been inconsiderate at best.

Alternately, since the book Game of Thrones is based on is fifteen years old, it could be argued that anyone who really cared that much should have already read it by now.

All the same, I was pretty surprised to see one of the biggest reveals in the series show up in a lighthearted gif thread a month after air. I’m a tremendous “Get over it, you spoilerphobic weirdo” proponent, but I don’t think I would have posted that gif this soon.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-07-25T18:53:02.000Z

Maybe jerri and Tom should delete the gif.

Alistair · 2011-07-25T18:55:15.000Z

I was unspoiled until y’all lined up to tell me who/what/when it was from, you big jerks. I’ll have forgotten by the time I see it.

Nathan_Phoenix · 2011-07-25T18:56:41.000Z

I would say the same thing as Alistair, but I imagine that when I get around to watching the show I will recognize the actress. :(

Mightynute · 2011-07-25T19:08:17.000Z

Tom Chick:

A month? Really? That’s enough time passed that you can post the final scene, showing what is arguably the greatest reveal in a ten-hour series?

jerri_blank · 2011-07-25T19:21:52.000Z

John Many Jars:

Maybe jerri and Tom should delete the gif.

Already fucking done. Good grief. Any chance that will be enough of a gesture to keep this thread from getting derailed into a spoiler debate?